Darinka Simic-Mitrovic

Darinka Simic-Mitrovic (born February 19, 1937) is a Serbian author, composer^[1][2] and music educator.^[3]

Biography

Simic-Mitrovic was born in Belgrade. She earned a degree from the Music Academy in Belgrade in 1962, where her teachers included Emil Hajek and Predrag Milosevic. After graduating, Simic-Mitrovic taught piano at the Music School Josip Slavenski, where she received the 1964 April 4 Award of the Federation of Students. In 1967, she began working as a music editor at Radio Belgrade.^[4] She married Mirosav Mitrovic in 1975 and they had two daughters.^[3]

Simic-Mitrovic is a member of the Composers’ Association of Serbia.^[5] In addition to composing music, she wrote a book about Serbian theatre, and contributed to a history of the Belgrade Symphony Orchestra and Choir of Radio-Television Belgrade. Her works have been published by Radio Beograd and Zvonik.^[6] They include:

Books

• A Sentimental Story of Serbian Theatre^[6]
• Da Capo all’Infinito: Half a Century Since the Founding of the Belgrade Symphony Orchestra and Choir of Radio-Television Belgrade (with Slobodan Atanackovic and Sveta Lukic)^[6]

Chamber

• Sonata (violin and piano)^[4]
• Igre (dances; bassoon and piano)^[4]

Vocal

• Gradinar (song cycles; mezzo-soprano and piano; text by Rabindranath Tagore)^[4]
• Vrati Mi Moje Krpice (song cycle; two sopranos, violin, flute, harp and cello; text by Vasko Popa)^[4]